House approves line-item veto for president

San Diego Union-Tribune Wednesday 8th February, 2012

WASHINGTON -; House Republicans put aside their usual antipathy toward President Barack Obama on Wednesday to give the president, and his successors, the line-item veto, a constitutionally questionable power over the purse that long has been sought by presidents of both parties. A minority of Democrats joined in casting a 254-173 vote in favor ...

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